Cinderella · chapter 12 of 15
All Eyes on Her
大家都看她
Big Sister is sure a girl from the ashes can never wear a princess's slipper. Then someone nobody let in is standing by the door.
Read what you hear
- Narrator 两个姐姐都在看。先生给灰姑娘试玻璃鞋。
Liǎng gè jiějie dōu zài kàn. Xiānsheng gěi Huī gūniang shì bōli xié.
Both sisters were watching. The gentleman tried the glass slipper on Cinderella.
- The Gentleman 穿上了！这只鞋，是给您的脚做的！
Chuān shàng le! Zhè zhī xié, shì gěi nín de jiǎo zuò de!
It's on! This slipper was made for your foot!
- Big Sister 不对！先生，您再看看！
Bú duì! Xiānsheng, nín zài kànkan!
That's wrong! Sir, look again!
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- Second Sister 什么？穿上了？
Shénme? Chuān shàng le?
What? It's on?
- The Gentleman 我看了，很好。不大也不小。
Wǒ kàn le, hěn hǎo. Bú dà yě bù xiǎo.
I have looked, and it's right. Not too big and not too small.
- Big Sister 先生，鞋是公主的！不是灰丫头的！
Xiānsheng, xié shì gōngzhǔ de! Bú shì Huī yātou de!
Sir, the slipper is the princess's! Not the Cinderwench's!
- Cinderella 大姐姐，是我的鞋。我还有一只呢。
Dà jiějie, shì wǒ de xié. Wǒ hái yǒu yì zhī ne.
Big Sister, it is my slipper. I have the other one too.
- Narrator 灰姑娘把口袋里的玻璃鞋也穿上了。
Huī gūniang bǎ kǒudai li de bōli xié yě chuān shàng le.
Cinderella put on the glass slipper from her pocket too.
- Second Sister 两只玻璃鞋！姐姐，你看她的脚！
Liǎng zhī bōli xié! Jiějie, nǐ kàn tā de jiǎo!
Two glass slippers! Sister, look at her feet!
- Big Sister 灰丫头……怎么会有玻璃鞋？
Huī yātou… zěnme huì yǒu bōli xié?
How can the Cinderwench have glass slippers?
- The Gentleman 我试了三天。今天，我找到了！您是王子要找的人。
Wǒ shì le sān tiān. Jīntiān, wǒ zhǎo dào le! Nín shì wángzǐ yào zhǎo de rén.
I've been trying it for three days. Today I found her! You are the one the prince is looking for.
- Big Sister 先生，我的脚也很小……我能再试一试吗？
Xiānsheng, wǒ de jiǎo yě hěn xiǎo… wǒ néng zài shì yi shì ma?
Sir, my feet are very small too... may I try once more?
- Narrator 这时候，门边来了一个人。是仙女！
Zhè shíhou, mén biān lái le yí gè rén. Shì xiānnǚ!
Just then, someone appeared by the door. It was the fairy godmother!
- Second Sister 她是谁？门没有开，她是怎么来的？
Tā shì shéi? Mén méiyǒu kāi, tā shì zěnme lái de?
Who is she? The door never opened. How did she get in?
- The Fairy Godmother 孩子，你的鞋找到你了。
Háizi, nǐ de xié zhǎo dào nǐ le.
Child, your slipper has found you.
- Cinderella 仙女！您来了！我好高兴！
Xiānnǚ! Nín lái le! Wǒ hǎo gāoxìng!
Godmother! You came! I'm so happy!
- The Fairy Godmother 你要去见王子，能穿这件旧衣服吗？
Nǐ yào qù jiàn wángzǐ, néng chuān zhè jiàn jiù yīfu ma?
You're going to see the prince. Can you wear these old clothes?
- Cinderella 不能吧……王子会笑我的。
Bù néng ba… wángzǐ huì xiào wǒ de.
I suppose not... the prince would laugh at me.
- The Fairy Godmother 那好，我来！你看好了！
Nà hǎo, wǒ lái! Nǐ kàn hǎo le!
Then leave it to me! Watch closely!
- Narrator 仙女一点，灰姑娘的旧衣服变成了新衣服。
Xiānnǚ yì diǎn, Huī gūniang de jiù yīfu biànchéng le xīn yīfu.
One tap from the fairy, and Cinderella's old clothes turned into new ones.
- The Gentleman 这么漂亮的衣服，王宫里也没有！
Zhème piàoliang de yīfu, wánggōng li yě méiyǒu!
Even the palace has no clothes as beautiful as these!
- Second Sister 天哪！灰姑娘变成了……公主！
Tiān na! Huī gūniang biànchéng le… gōngzhǔ!
Oh my! Cinderella has turned into... a princess!
- Big Sister 她……还有她的玻璃鞋……我见过！
Tā… hái yǒu tā de bōli xié… wǒ jiànguo!
Her... and her glass slippers... I've seen them before!
- The Fairy Godmother 见过？在哪儿见过？
Jiànguo? Zài nǎr jiànguo?
Seen them? Where have you seen them?
- Second Sister 在王宫……在舞会上！
Zài wánggōng… zài wǔhuì shang!
At the palace... at the ball!
- Cinderella 大姐姐，二姐姐，那天的橙子好吃吗？
Dà jiějie, Èr jiějie, nà tiān de chéngzi hǎochī ma?
Big Sister, Second Sister, were the oranges nice that night?
- The Fairy Godmother 你们好好看看她。她是谁？
Nǐmen hǎohǎo kànkan tā. Tā shì shéi?
Take a good look at her. Who is she?
- Second Sister 那天的橙子……是你给我们的？
Nà tiān de chéngzi… shì nǐ gěi wǒmen de?
Those oranges that night... you were the one who gave them to us?
- Big Sister 是你？舞会上的公主？
Shì nǐ? Wǔhuì shang de gōngzhǔ?
It's you? The princess from the ball?
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What changed in the story?
- What does the gentleman say when the slipper goes on Cinderella's foot?
“这只鞋，是给您的脚做的！”
- Where is Cinderella's other glass slipper?
“灰姑娘把口袋里的玻璃鞋也穿上了。”
- What does the fairy ask Cinderella?
“你要去见王子，能穿这件旧衣服吗？”
- What happens to Cinderella's old clothes?
“仙女一点，灰姑娘的旧衣服变成了新衣服。”
- What does Cinderella ask her two sisters?
“那天的橙子好吃吗？”